2033 Women's Rugby World Cup
 | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  United States |
| Dates | – |
| No. of nations | 16 |
← 2029 2037 → | |
The 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the twelfth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup. The tournament will be held in the United States.[1] This will be the second Women's Rugby World Cup to be held in the Americas. The previous one was held in Canada in 2006 with New Zealand emerging as the champions.
Host nation selection
The United States was the only bidder for the tournament. The US was announced as the host nation of the 2031 Men's Rugby World Cup and 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup on May 12, 2022. It is the second Women's Rugby World Cup to be held in North America, following Canada's hosting of the 2006 tournament.[2]
| Nation | Votes |
|---|---|
 United States
|
Acclamation |
Development & preparations
Candidate host cities
A total of 24 cities throughout the United States have expressed interest in hosting matches. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. have all expressed interest.[3]
Qualifying
Tournament hosts, the United States qualify automatically. They will be joined by the teams that reached the semi-final stage of the 2029 Women's Rugby World Cup, who also qualified automatically.
| Region | Team | Qualification method |
Previous apps |
Previous best result | World Rugby Ranking1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | |||||
| Asia | |||||
| Europe | |||||
| North America | United States
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Hosts | TBC | Champions (1991) | |
| Oceania | |||||
| South America |
Notes
- ^1 – Post warm-up matches
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. to host Rugby World Cups in 2031, 2033". Associated Press. May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Mather, Victor (May 12, 2022). "U.S. Picked as Host of Rugby World Cup". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "US President Biden confirms support for Rugby World Cup bids in 2031 and 2033". April 20, 2022. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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